Thrice’s 12th album is both a sequel to their 2021 release Horizons / East and part of the same body of work. Originally conceived as a double album, Horizons was split into two separate releases when the band decided to rerecord their 2003 breakthrough album The Artist in the Ambulance for its 20th anniversary. Still, vocalist/guitarist Dustin Kensrue and his bandmates tried to stay in the same headspace as East when they revisited the material for West. The result is a compelling rock album led by the infectious single “Albatross,” the snarling “Gnash,” and the moody churning of “The Dark Glow.”